On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:06:09 -0400, "Kevin  ...
>
>mr.sumo snr. wrote:
>> "Larry Fitzsimmons" <larry_fitzsimmons@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ecd56b51.0307230944.5292c431@posting.google.com...
>>> Hi All:
>>> 
>>> I am an American who is about to move to Japan for job purposes.  I
>>> hardly know anyone in Japan, and would be interested in making
>>> friends with Americans in Japan, or Japanese people interested in
>>> making 
>>> friends with an American.
>>> 
>>> I am a nice guy, Japanese-American, who is into computers and martial
>>> arts.  I am open-minded and friendly, and sometimes funny.  I have a
>>> graduate degree and professional job, and I speak some Japanese.
>>> 
>>> Please post a reply if you are interested in making friends.  I look
>>> forward to hearing from everybody!
>> 
>> Are you on the JET program?
>> 
>> I know not every new American is a JET...but....it's a fair
>> assumption to make since they usually arrive at this time of year.  I
>> meet 6 or 7 new JETs at the local summer festivals every year.
>
>He can't be a JET. He said that he was moving to Japan "for job purposes"
>

Yeah, everyone knows JET is a scheme for socially impaired Americans to find
wives and learn Japanese.

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